Manage Groups

You can use the Manage Groups page to assign the same set of permissions to a group of users. All users who belong to a group automatically have the permissions associated with the group.

The Manage Groups page may be used to:

·

create new groups

·

edit an existing group's attributes

·

edit an existing groups category permissions

·

add members to groups

·

delete members from groups

·

delete existing groups.

To create a new group:

1.

Click the Settings & Security tab.

2.

Click Content Access Controls in the Options list.

3.

Click Manage Groups to open the Groups page:

4.

Enter a name in the Group text box in the Create Group section.

5.

Provide some information about the group in the Description text box.

6.

Click the Create button at the bottom of the Create Group section.

To edit an existing group's attributes:

1.

Click the Settings & Security tab.

2.

Click Content Access Controls in the Options list.

3.

Click Manage Groups.

4.

Click the required link in the Group column. The Edit Group page opens.

5.

Edit the Name and Description data as required.

6.

Click the Save Changes button in the Attributes section.

To edit an existing group's category permissions:

1.

Click the Settings & Security tab.

2.

Click Content Access Controls in the Options list.

3.

Click Manage Groups.

4.

Click the required link in the Group column. The Edit Group page opens.

5.

Click the Show category permissions link. The page expands to show the Category Permissions section.

6.

Select the Read and/or Post check boxes for each category as required.

7.

Click the Save Changes button in the Category Permissions section.

Note: The Category Permissions information can be turned on or off by clicking the Show/Hide
category permissions link, below the Attributes section.


To add a member to an existing group:

1.

Click the Settings & Security tab.

2.

Click Content Access Controls in the Options list.

3.

Click Manage Groups.

4.

Click the required link in the Group column. The Edit Group page opens.

5.

In the Add User to This Group section, enter the Username in the Username text box.

6.

Define an expiry date for the user. Available options include: Never, One Day, One Week, One Month or on a specific date.

7.

Click the Add User button in the Add User to This Group section.

To delete a member from an existing group:

1.

Click the Settings & Security tab.

2.

Click Content Access Controls in the Options list.

3.

Click Manage Groups.

4.

Click the required link in the Group column. The Edit Group page opens. At the bottom of the page, there is a section that lists all users in the selected group. This section is titled x Members Found, where x represents the number of assigned members.

5.

In the x Members Found section, check the Delete check box that corresponds to the member to be deleted from the current group.

6.

Click the Update button at the bottom of the page.

Note: Deleting a member from an existing group only removes the member from that group, it does not delete the user.


To delete an existing group:

1.

Click the Settings & Security tab.

2.

Click Content Access Controls in the Options list.

3.

Click Manage Groups.

4.

In the Current Groups section, check the Delete checkbox that corresponds to the group to be deleted.

5.

Click the Delete Selected button at the bottom of the Current Groups section.